Water and sanitation

Interview with David Boys (Public Services International and appointed to the UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation - UNSGAB) at the Water Operators' Partnerships conference in Amsterdam, 2 November 2011. He talks about the investment issue in public services by looking at bankable versus taxable solutions. He also talks about the impact of procurement for the public water utilities.

Ecuador citizens’ movement oversight committee recommends full scale inquiry into the violations of rights and contract provisions by the private operator of Guayaquil water and sanitation, a company jointly owned by Bechtel of USA and Edison Spa of Italy.

• PSIRU - Ecuador

Recent analysis published by Food & Water Europe shows that poor, rural communities with weak governments can better deliver safe, clean, affordable water to their residents by partnering with one another.

Trade unions, NGOs and the community demonstrated at Jakarta City Hall, calling for an end to water privatization in Jakarta. Protesters warned that the privatization has failed to give Jakarta citizens a reliable, easy and affordable piped-water service.

PSI utilities officer David Boys tells us about the nature and mechanisms of worldwide privatization of key public services such as water, energy, waste treatment and pension funds in an interview at the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar.

Delegations from Reclaiming Public Water Network and Public Services International participated in the Global Water Operator Partnerships (GWOPA) Congress held on 20-21 March in Cape Town, South Africa. The video features unionists, activists as well as public water managers from Spain, Morocco, Netherlands and Uruguay who present their vision for Public Public Partnerships in the water sector.